Investigation of intelligent systems for closed environment crop monitoring

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The proposed project is related to creating the necessary firmware and information processing algorithms for**intelligent crop monitoring. The objective is to detect changes in the physical location of plants, for instance to**detect if the crop inventory has been tampered with or a crop has been relocated. In the longer term, the**objective is to develop a comprehensive plant tracking and health monitoring system that can estimate the yield**of crops and alert the growers about various issues related to the plants such as their health, growth status, and**security. A major question to be investigated during the proposed project is to address how multiple low-cost**sensory systems can be utilized alongside an intelligent lighting system that can periodically obtain images**using controlled illumination. In this respect, a major challenge is how to utilize a large number of image data**sets to create mathematical signatures that can identify the health of plants by comparing them with previous**signatures.**The proposed activities will benefit Canada's agricultural industries related to crop monitoring and**management. The developed system will be a building block of an integrated lighting and crop monitoring**system for unattended growing in remote areas.